Amen! My sister lives very close to Ellington Airfield, which used to be known as Ellington AFB. It's still used by the AF, & it's where they 747 piggy backing the Space Shuttles used to stop over, & where AF1 lands when potus comes to town. Houston Air Show takes place there every year since forever. It's amazing to me that people new to the area are not aware of it's location. It's literally about a mile away from her house. We can sit in the back yard & watch the Thunderbirds & Blue Angels swooping around, & all the aircraft from the wars doing the air battle performances. But go to the grocery store after & you'll hear someone missing a twang complain. Hilarious!Yep, and McChord AFB.
In addition to wanting our defenders to have the best possible training, I've never understood the complaint issue. The bases have been there a LONG time. If you choose to buy property within earshot, you should expect to hear them....
Like buying a house at the end of an existing runway and griping about the jets...
) Dad was XO at Pt. Vicente - lighthouse in SoCal. Similar experience, 
